Ezekiel 38:16

And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
up	וְעָלִ֙יתָ֙ ve.'a.Li.ta	H5927	to ascend · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
people	עַמִּ֣י 'a.Mi	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
cloud	כֶּֽעָנָ֖ן ke.'a.Nan	H6051	a cloud (as covering the sky) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
cover	לְכַסּ֣וֹת le.kha.Sot	H3680	properly · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
land	הָאָ֑רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
latter	בְּאַחֲרִ֨ית be.'a.cha.Rit	H319	the last or end · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
days	הַיָּמִ֜ים hai.ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
bring	וַהֲבִאוֹתִ֙יךָ֙ va.ha.vi.'o.Ti.kha	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
land	אַרְצִ֔י 'ar.Tzi	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 1st person feminine singular
heathen	הַגּוֹיִ֜ם ha.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
know	דַּ֨עַת Da.'at	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal infinitive construct
sanctified	בְּהִקָּדְשִׁ֥י be.hi.ka.de.Shi	H6942	to be (causatively · preposition + verb, niphal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix
Gog	גּֽוֹג Gog	H1463	Gog · proper noun, a place name
eyes	לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם le.'ei.nei.Hem	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon…
Hosea 3:5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness i…
Ezekiel 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall…
Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream…
Micah 4:1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and…
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines…
Exodus 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egy…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:14–end

This latter part of the chapter is a repetition of the former; the dream is doubled, for the thing is certain and to be very carefully regarded. I. It is here again foretold that this spiteful enemy should make a formidable descent upon the land of Israel (Eze 38:15): "Thou shalt come out of the north parts (Syria lay on the north of Canaan) with a mighty army, shalt come like a cloud, and cover the land of my people Israel," Eze 38:16. These words (Eze 38:14), When my people Israel dwell safely, shalt thou not know it? may be taken two ways: - 1. As intimating his inducements to this attempt. "Thou shalt have intelligence brought thee how securely, and therefore how carelessly, the people o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 38:16

I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me--So in Exo 9:16, God tells Pharaoh, "For this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee My power; and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth."

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 38:16

When I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog - By the defeat of his troops under Lysias, his general. 1 Maccabees 3:32, 33, etc., and 6:6.

John Gill on Ezekiel 38:16

And thou shall come up against my people of Israel,.... Which is repeated for the certainty of it; and not for his comfort, but his ruin; not to the terror of Israel, but for the glory of God: as a cloud to cover the land; the land of Israel, so great should be his army; See Gill on Ezekiel 38:9, it shall be in the latter days; of the Gospel state, or kingdom of the Messiah, when the Jews shall be converted, and are returned to their own land, Hosea 3:5, and I will bring thee against my land; not to possess it, nor to hurt it, or to any injury to the people of it: but that the Heathen may know me; the Pagan kingdoms of China, and others; who by God's judgments on the Turks will come to t…

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Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel, Book of — Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical office (1-3:21), Ezekiel (1) utters words of denunciation against the Jews (3:22-24), warning them of…
Gog — (1.) A Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:4), the father of Shimei. (2.) The name of the leader of the hostile party described in Ezek. 38, 39, as coming from the “north country” and assailing the people of Israel…
Magog — Region of Gog, the second of the “sons” of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5). In Ezekiel (38:2; 39:6) it is the name of a nation, probably some Scythian or Tartar tribe descended from Japheth. They are…
Armies · Compared to: Clouds — Compared to: Clouds
Clouds · Illustrative: Of hostile armies — Illustrative: Of hostile armies

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 38:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 38:16

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 38:16

John Gill on Ezekiel 38:16

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 38:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 38:16

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 38:16

John Gill on Ezekiel 38:16

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 38:10-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 38:14-16

Rashi on Ezekiel 38:14